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LIGUE 1 · MIDFIELDERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Ligue 1 midfielders

Marquinhos is the best-paid midfielder in Ligue 1, on £279,000 a week at Paris Saint-Germain, or £14,508,000 a year. Achraf Hakimi is next on £242,000 at Paris Saint-Germain. We hold wages for 165 Ligue 1 midfielders in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £279k
AVERAGE WAGE £30,015
SHARE OF WAGE BILL20%
TOP 10 A WEEK £1.4m
WAGES HELD165

The 50 best-paid Ligue 1 midfielders

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid midfielders in Ligue 1 in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Marquinhos £279,000£279k £14,508,000£14.5m Paris Saint-Germain 31 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Brazil
2 Achraf Hakimi £242,000£242k £12,584,000£12.6m Paris Saint-Germain 26 Right-back, right midfielder Morocco
3 João Neves £151,000£151k £7,852,000£7.9m Paris Saint-Germain 20 Defensive midfielder Portugal
4 Fabián £151,000£151k £7,852,000£7.9m Paris Saint-Germain 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Spain
5 Warren Zaïre-Emery £140,000£140k £7,280,000£7.3m Paris Saint-Germain 19 Right-back, defensive midfielder France
6 Vitinha £108,000£108k £5,616,000£5.6m Paris Saint-Germain 25 Defensive midfielder Portugal
7 Geoffrey Kondogbia £91,000£91k £4,732,000£4.7m Olympique de Marseille 32 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Central African Republic
8 Corentin Tolisso £91,000£91k £4,732,000£4.7m Olympique Lyonnais 30 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
9 Eric Dier £85,000£85k £4,420,000£4.4m AS Monaco 31 Centre-back, defensive midfielder England
10 Valentin Rongier £77,000£77k £4,004,000£4.0m Stade Rennais FC 30 Defensive midfielder France
11 Denis Zakaria £67,000£67k £3,484,000£3.5m AS Monaco 28 Defensive midfielder Switzerland
12 Tanguy Nianzou £66,000£66k £3,432,000£3.4m LOSC Lille 23 Centre-back, defensive midfielder France
13 Clément Grenier £61,000£61k £3,172,000£3.2m Stade Rennais FC 29 Defensive midfielder, central midfielder France
14 Nicolás Tagliafico £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m Olympique Lyonnais 32 Left-back, left midfielder Argentina
15 Benjamin André £48,000£48k £2,496,000£2.5m LOSC Lille 34 Defensive midfielder France
16 Vanderson £47,000£47k £2,444,000£2.4m AS Monaco 24 Right-back, right midfielder Brazil
17 Dário Essugo £47,000£47k £2,444,000£2.4m RC Strasbourg Alsace 20 Defensive midfielder Portugal
18 Amadou Haïdara £44,000£44k £2,288,000£2.3m RC Lens 27 Defensive midfielder Mali
19 Branco van den Boomen £42,000£42k £2,184,000£2.2m Angers SCO 29 Defensive midfielder Netherlands
20 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg £42,000£42k £2,184,000£2.2m Olympique de Marseille 29 Defensive midfielder Denmark
21 Jonathan Clauss £41,000£41k £2,132,000£2.1m OGC Nice 32 Right-back, right midfielder France
22 Amir Richardson £40,000£40k £2,080,000£2.1m Havre AC 23 Defensive midfielder Morocco
23 Haris Belkebla £37,000£37k £1,924,000£1.9m Angers SCO 31 Defensive midfielder Algeria
24 Angel Gomes £33,000£33k £1,716,000£1.7m Olympique de Marseille 24 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
25 Tanner Tessmann £33,000£33k £1,716,000£1.7m Olympique Lyonnais 23 Defensive midfielder United States
26 Jordan Teze £32,000£32k £1,664,000£1.7m AS Monaco 25 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Netherlands
27 Axel Witsel £29,000£29k £1,508,000£1.5m OGC Nice 36 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Belgium
28 Maxime Lopez £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Paris FC 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
29 Niels Nkounkou £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m OGC Nice 24 Left-back, left midfielder France
30 Lucas Tousart £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Stade Brestois 29 28 Defensive midfielder France
31 Tyler Morton £22,000£22k £1,144,000£1.1m Olympique Lyonnais 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
32 Adrien Thomasson £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m Stade Rennais FC 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
33 Pierre Lees-Melou £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Paris FC 32 Defensive midfielder France
34 Mads Bidstrup £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Olympique Lyonnais 24 Defensive midfielder Denmark
35 Junior Mwanga £18,000£18k £936,000£936k Havre AC 22 Centre-back, defensive midfielder France
36 Naouirou Ahamada £16,000£16k £832,000£832k AJ Auxerre 23 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
37 Nabil Bentaleb £16,000£16k £832,000£832k LOSC Lille 30 Defensive midfielder Algeria
38 Michaël Cuisance £16,000£16k £832,000£832k RC Lens 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
39 Lamine Camara £15,000£15k £780,000£780k AS Monaco 21 Defensive midfielder Senegal
40 Hugo Magnetti £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Stade Brestois 29 27 Defensive midfielder France
41 Sebastian Szymański £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Stade Rennais FC 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Poland
42 Ali Abdi £14,000£14k £728,000£728k OGC Nice 31 Left-back, left midfielder Tunisia
43 Laurent Abergel £14,000£14k £728,000£728k OGC Nice 32 Defensive midfielder France
44 Assane Dioussé £13,000£13k £676,000£676k AJ Auxerre 27 Defensive midfielder Senegal
45 Arthur Avom Ebong £13,000£13k £676,000£676k FC Lorient 20 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Cameroon
46 Demba Diop £13,000£13k £676,000£676k RC Strasbourg Alsace 21 Defensive midfielder Senegal
47 Ignacio Miramon £12,000£12k £624,000£624k LOSC Lille 22 Defensive midfielder Argentina
48 Youssouf Ndayishimiye £12,000£12k £624,000£624k OGC Nice 26 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Burundi
49 Joris Chotard £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Stade Brestois 29 23 Defensive midfielder France
50 Hicham Boudaoui £11,000£11k £572,000£572k OGC Nice 25 Defensive midfielder Algeria

What each position earns in Ligue 1

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £21k Defenders £28k Midfielders £30k Attackers £29k

Midfielders take 20% of what Ligue 1 pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.

The clubs that pay their midfielders the most

Every midfielder wage we hold at each Ligue 1 club, added together, a week

Paris Saint-Germain £1.1m AS Monaco £248k Olympique Lyonnais £236k Stade Rennais FC £190k Olympique de Marseille £181k LOSC Lille £162k OGC Nice £157k Angers SCO £98k RC Strasbourg Alsace £88k Stade Brestois 29 £81k

Paris Saint-Germain pay 7 midfielders £1,071,413 a week between them, and Marquinhos takes 26% of it.

The best-paid midfielder at every Ligue 1 club

18 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's midfielders

Each Ligue 1 club's best-paid midfielder in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every midfielder in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Paris Saint-Germain Marquinhos £279,000£279k 1
Olympique Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso £91,000£91k 8
Olympique de Marseille Geoffrey Kondogbia £91,000£91k 7
AS Monaco Eric Dier £85,000£85k 9
Stade Rennais FC Valentin Rongier £77,000£77k 10
LOSC Lille Tanguy Nianzou £66,000£66k 12
RC Strasbourg Alsace Dário Essugo £47,000£47k 17
RC Lens Amadou Haïdara £44,000£44k 18
Angers SCO Branco van den Boomen £42,000£42k 19
OGC Nice Jonathan Clauss £41,000£41k 21
Havre AC Amir Richardson £40,000£40k 22
Paris FC Maxime Lopez £28,000£28k 28
Stade Brestois 29 Lucas Tousart £25,000£25k 30
AJ Auxerre Naouirou Ahamada £16,000£16k 36
FC Lorient Arthur Avom Ebong £13,000£13k 45
Toulouse FC Niklas Schmidt £9,000£9k 56
ESTAC Troyes Adrien Monfray £5,500£6k 73
Le Mans FC No wage held - -

The best-paid midfielder in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid midfielder. Ligue 1 ranks sixth.

The best-paid midfielder in each men's league we rank midfielders in, the weekly wage, and the league's average midfielder wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Otávio £472,000£472k £49,687£50k
Süper Lig N'Golo Kanté £348,000£348k £21,488£21k
Bundesliga Joshua Kimmich £315,000£315k £39,483£39k
Premier League Bruno Fernandes £300,000£300k £76,710£77k
Major League Soccer Casemiro £300,000£300k £11,731£12k
Ligue 1 Marquinhos £279,000£279k £30,015£30k
La Liga Trent Alexander-Arnold £249,000£249k £40,838£41k
Serie A John Stones £200,000£200k £44,528£45k
Primeira Liga João Palhinha £199,000£199k £11,158£11k
Championship Kalvin Phillips £165,000£165k £20,131£20k
Croatian First League Ismaël Bennacer £117,000£117k £4,206£4k
Brasileirão Série A Arthur £99,000£99k £10,842£11k
Eredivisie Lutsharel Geertruida £99,000£99k £9,142£9k
2. Bundesliga Maximilian Arnold £74,000£74k £11,170£11k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,664£17k
Liga MX Carlos Gruezo £64,000£64k £6,811£7k
League One Boubakary Soumaré £58,000£58k £6,405£6k
Serie B Ali Al Musrati £55,000£55k £8,344£8k
La Liga 2 Donny van de Beek £54,000£54k £5,199£5k
Super Liga Leandro Paredes £44,000£44k £4,100£4k
Chinese Super League Ibrahim Amadou £42,000£42k £5,544£6k
Scottish Premiership Callum McGregor £39,000£39k £5,790£6k
J1 League Oriol Romeu £35,000£35k £4,063£4k
Danish Superliga Philip Billing £35,000£35k £7,123£7k
Superleague Greece Christos Zafeiris £33,000£33k £7,533£8k
Czech First League Sivert Mannsverk £33,000£33k £2,010£2k
Belgian Pro League László Bénes £25,000£25k £6,702£7k
Ekstraklasa Karol Linetty £25,000£25k £3,410£3k
Ligue 2 Ibou Sissoko £21,000£21k £4,966£5k
Austrian Bundesliga Bendegúz Bolla £20,000£20k £3,500£4k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Mats Rits £16,000£16k £2,048£2k
Eliteserien Hrannar Snær Magnússon £13,000£13k £2,231£2k
League Two Joe Williams £12,000£12k £2,560£3k
Categoría Primera A Élan Ricardo £11,000£11k £3,852£4k
Thai League Roque Mesa £8,000£8k £2,247£2k
Indian Super League Lalengmawia £5,500£6k £707£707
Veikkausliiga Alexander Ring £4,500£5k £708£708
Scottish Championship Graeme Shinnie £4,200£4k £907£907
National League Jake Rooney £4,100£4k £1,293£1k
A-League Jake Girdwood-Reich £4,100£4k £1,219£1k
I-League Jordi Altena £3,100£3k £364£364
Canadian Premier League Manuel Aparicio £810£810 £458£458
Meistriliiga Modou Tambedou £484£484 £161£161

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid midfielder in Ligue 1?

Marquinhos of Paris Saint-Germain, on £279,000 a week in 2026/27, or £14,508,000 a year. Achraf Hakimi of Paris Saint-Germain is second on £242,000 a week.

How much do Ligue 1 midfielders earn?

The average Ligue 1 midfielder aged 22 or over earns £30,015 a week, and the median one £13,500. Midfielders take 20% of what Ligue 1 pays its players of that age.

Which Ligue 1 club pays its midfielders the most?

Paris Saint-Germain, £1,071,413 a week across the 7 midfielders we hold a wage for, led by Marquinhos on £279,000.

Who is the highest paid midfielder in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank midfielders in, the best-paid is Otávio of Al-Qadsiah Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £472,000 a week. The best-paid in Ligue 1 ranks sixth of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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